Conroy's

What: Maple frosted Apple Fritter

Where: 1600 Normandy Court, Lincoln

When: February 2, 2015 (?)

Conroy's is a super old bakery in Lincoln, located near Union College in an older downtown area from before it was part of Lincoln. They opened up a second location about a year ago and I've gone there a couple times. One day in February, my husband surprised me with this amazing donut over my lunch break. Apple fritter AND maple frosting? Interesting!

Just look at the inside of this thing! It was pretty amazing. The frosting wasn't too heavily flavored, which was good since the donut was. The apple taste was perfect and it had just the right amount of crispiness on the bottom. I would get another one, and still split it with someone just because it was huge. 4/5.

5am flights...

While cheap and tempting, are never fun. Besides the lack of sleep, the airport always tends to be so crazy that early in the morning. Apparently everyone shows up at the same time to check in and go through security.

Thankfully this time I remembered this and we arrived early too. Alarms went off at 3. Ouch.

But fresh donuts from Dunkins may make it worth it. Their fresh donuts are soooo much better than afternoon donuts.

Wedding Donuts

I may have forgotten to mention this recently, but I got married. Over 4 months ago. So delayed! It was lovely, a tiny ceremony in the woods of Upstate New York with our immediate families and lots of food. So much food.

Obviously, donuts were involved. My sister, a professional pastry chef, made us homemade donuts the morning of the ceremony. They were similar to boston creme donuts, but about 100 times better. Plus my sisters and sister in law and I all got a hand in making them!

First the baker made the dough and fried them for us. Then one sister filled them. I feel stupid not knowing this, but it isn't like there is this pre-made cavity inside of filled donuts just waiting to be filled. It just airy because of how the dough cooks and the filling just shoves it's way in.

Lastly they got frosted, which was done by my sister in law dipping the filled donuts upside down into warm melted chocolate. We barely waited for the frosting to set before we started eating them. Warm donuts are amazing. And I only had to find a guy, get engaged, and plan a wedding to convince my sister to make them! :-)

My trusty carry on suitcase, and a weeks worth of clothes

It's purple with white dots. Not filled in polka dots, but open circle dots. Have I mentioned I love dots? It had two exterior pockets and fits into the overhead bin in most aircraft wheels first. Sometimes it has to go sideways and then I feel bad. Stupid shorter overhead bins.

It has gone on road trips and plane trips. From Thailand to Boston to the West Coast. It's from Penneys and may have cost me $30 as part of a set of two. What's great about not spending a ton on a suitcase is that I don't feel bad when I start to tear the seam from over-packing, or a zipper pull falls off (also possibly from over-packing).

For my latest trip I took 8 outfits, 3 pairs of shoes, and some odds and ends. I was gone from Tuesday evening to the following Monday night and the biggest challenge was the weather. Highs were going to be anywhere from 25 to 65 during the 7 day trip to the east coast. Plus, I would have days of walking around NYC, a day at an indoor playground with my niece and nephew, a day for a church outfit, two days in the car, etc. So this is what I brought, always matching at least two tops to each bottom.

Black long sleeved knit dress
Jean skirt (full)
Boot cut jeans
Blue chinos
Black loose running pants
Grey tight running capris

Red suede boots
Running shoes
Brown sketcher lace ups (best shoes ever, I've had them for over 10 years, and they go with almost anything and are great for walking around on cold days!)

Red cotton cardigan
Grey wool sweater

Brown leggings
Black leggings
Grey and black patterned leggings
Two pairs of long johns

And various tops that would coordinate (mostly in whites, blacks, and browns).

When I begin packing I try to pick one neutral to go with for the whole trip, either black or brown. This time I packed a little different and picked one statement piece to go with, my red boots. From there I coordinated four outfits with my jean skirt and black dress that would go.

You're probably sick of seeing this picture, but here is me and my bag at the airport! It really is the perfect size for most of my trips.

The Dunkin Donuts croissant donut!

What: it's in the title...

Where: Cornhusker and 72nd in Pappillion, NE

When: Saturday, December 27th 2014

I know it isn't the official one, but I had to try it.

It was $1.99. Novelty price. It was very interesting and layered.

The glaze was nice. I would probably buy it more often if it wasn't so expensive. 4/5

Birthday donuts!

For my birthday this year my BFF (and her husband, who I'm sure helped pick everything out!) got me some awesome donut themed presents! I can't wait to wear the socks to my next donut shop and I already started reading the book. Has a ton of information in it on the history of donuts, recipes, and donut shop profiles. I will have to review the book on here soon!

The tent looking thing is a mini wallet/business card. Maybe I should get some business cards soon...